Yesterday was my one week post op appointment after rhinoplasty. I had a deviated septum corrected, and my nasal tip reconstructed. I have minimal bruising but my tip is very swollen and round. I understand that the appearance is affected by swelling but I am wondering how long it will take for the tip to look more natural. I start school in 3 weeks. Is there anything I can do to help swelling? Will ice help eliminate swelling?
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No, there are some changes that will improve over time that may appear when the acute postoperative swelling resolves and they are revealed. Looking at your photographs, not being sure which are the 3 week postoperative photographs, it appears that you have some collapse of the middle...
Good afternoon. After injury or surgery to the nose, it can become REALLY swollen, and this swelling can take a LONG TIME to resolve (up to 1-2 years to fully resolve). Without having personally been in the operating room during your surgery, it is hard to say exactly what is going on in your...
Addressing
the septum alone and its aesthetic effects is a difficult question to answer
without discussing the procedure itself. A septoplasty alone addresses the midline flexible cartilage of the
nose. If it is deviated internally and you
have a straight external appearance, then septoplasty...
